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Thread Number: 32801
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Electrolux (USA) Cleaner, Accessory, & Tool Colors |
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| Post# 359143 9/11/2016 at 22:20 (2,777 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Post# 359144 , Reply# 1 9/11/2016 at 23:09 (2,777 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 359148 , Reply# 2 9/11/2016 at 23:23 (2,777 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB) | ||
wooow | ||
| Post# 359172 , Reply# 3 9/12/2016 at 09:38 (2,776 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 359177 , Reply# 4 9/12/2016 at 14:10 (2,776 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA) | ||
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Absolutely....... stunning array of Lux's! My favs being the Jetson Blue G, the Super J and that stack of HOSES!!
Kevin | ||
| Post# 359261 , Reply# 5 9/13/2016 at 19:03 (2,775 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Thanks, everyone! | ||
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Post# 359274 , Reply# 7 9/13/2016 at 23:51 (2,775 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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~ A couple of tiny nits to pick...
• The combination floor tool you show for the E, T & EA was actually only for the E-A. The E & T did not have the spring-mechanism neck. Also, the early combination floor tool for the Model E had a label made of the same fiber material as the crevice tool rather than metal. (See Photos 1 & 2 below.)
• The hose you show for LX - LXI - E - EA is (or appears to be) a non-Electrolux replacement. The background color of silver rather than dark gray is the telling point. (See Photos 3, 4, 5 & 6below.)
• The hose for the LX, LXI & E was made of woven cloth, not saran. And the E hose had a blue hammertone machine-end coupler. (See Photos 7 & 8 below - Photo 8 is is Tania Voigt's Model LX.)
• The Model T is a bit more complicated -- I have seen (and had them) with both cloth and saran hoses; the saran hoses did not have the handle-end suction control as did the hose for the E-A.
These miniscule details notwithstanding, you really have done a great job. I admire and appreciate your diligence! | ||
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Post# 359294 , Reply# 8 9/14/2016 at 11:32 (2,774 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Very nice display, indeed.  | ||
| Post# 359468 , Reply# 10 9/17/2016 at 09:16 (2,771 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
I love all vacuum cleaners, but, | ||
| Post# 359644 , Reply# 12 9/20/2016 at 14:16 (2,768 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I grew up with a pretty diverse selection of vacs, including Lewyt, Bissell, Singer and Hoover, but I always admired my grandparents' Electrolux. I think it was an LX but it might have been an XXX. Either way, it was a beautiful and quiet machine, even without a power nozzle. When I was a teenager, Dad rescued a 1205 from the neighbors' trash pile and we used it for several years. It never was that great because of a leaky, non-powered hose. I hadn't seen the thing in more than 20 years, so I assumed (incorrectly, it turns out) that they'd gotten rid of it. But when I found it in the attic this past summer, I brought it home home and ended up giving it a makeover—replaced the handle, cleaned it up, gave it an OEM vinyl hose and a teal powered wand (probably from a model G) and paired it up with a Silverado gray PN4A, so today it's running better than ever.
Although I did not grow up with Kirbys at all, my present day affinity for them stems from childhood, when I witnessed—and was mightily impressed by—an in-home demonstration of a Classic Omega in about 1973 when I was nine or ten years old, followed by a chance find of a Gsix beside a dumpster almost 40 years later. | ||
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